The world process has been a war for a long time, primitive people because the surrounding food has become scarce and there will be tribe-to-tribe encounters in migration, many times it is a fire rush as the beginning, the winner swallows the loser's tribe, the loser disappears in the long river of history, human beings are also in this constant struggle to integrate, one tribe after another because of victory or defeat technology is gathered together, resulting in the spark of civilization.

At present, there are not many primitive tribes, among which the most primitive tribes are on the continent of Europa. There are hundreds of different tribes living in that area, some of whom don't even know what a fire is, and eat raw food without fire.

The first spark of civilization appeared at the junction of the African continent and the Asian continent, where civilization arose as early as the seventh millennium BC, and there were a large number of ethnic groups under the civilization of two different cultural subjects, some of them entered the state system first, and once the state system was born, it also meant the beginning of expansion, so Egypt, which represented the main civilization of Africa, and Greece, which represented the Mediterranean civilization, first began to collide, and then some countries (tribes) of the Asian continent joined the dispute one after another.

War is the catalyst of civilization, and this could not be more true. Whether it is the annexation of tribes in the primitive era or the war between the countries of the bronze civilization, every step of human beings brings with them is built on wailing and flames, and then different civilizations collide, because they have to rack their brains to create some new inventions in order to achieve victory.

The victor always plunders wealth and knowledge from victory, so the Greek civilization, which has a relatively high overall victory rate, was the first to take the lead, leaving all the ethnic groups behind, and was the first to establish a civilization system and a scientific system.

Relatively speaking, the development of civilization on the Eastern Continent is not the fastest, and it is the Chinese Continent that first enters the stage of civilization.

Since the birth of the Xia Dynasty, the regional wars were not so intense, and it was still the time when the historical process entered the Shang Dynasty that the prelude to the continuous outbreak of wars began, but the enemies of the Shang Dynasty were not countries that had stepped into the civilization system. It was a group of tribes that tended to be in the primitive stage, so the things plundered on the road of the expansion of the Shang Dynasty were almost all totems and land. If anything, the Shang Dynasty repeatedly improved archery techniques from fighting with strange tribes, and also relatively studied knowledge such as army coordination.

The real period of vigorous development of the Chinese continent was during the Zhou Dynasty, the early days of the Zhou royal family had been fighting against the Dog Rong and the Ghost Fang, and in the middle of the year, in addition to the Dog Rong and the Ghost Fang, they also joined the Jiuyi, and the main enemy at the end of the month became the Chu State established by the remnants of the Shang Dynasty in the south. During this long period of history, the Zhou royal family and the vassal states under their command gained a lot, obtaining horse breeding technology from the dog Di, boat technology and new bow and arrow technology from Jiuyi. He also harvested the entire Chu State, making it a member of the vassal states under the command of the Zhou royal family.

It has been until the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhou royal family gradually became weak, and the various vassal states under their command first produced the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons after continuous wars, and then entered the Warring States Period with the Warring States Seven Heroes, but in this historical period of time, the Chinese ethnic groups did not encounter the same level of civilization The enemy, there are also barbaric and backward ethnic groups, such as the nomadic Zhuhu in the north and the Baiyue tribe in the south.

For hundreds of years, the land of China has always been in a kind of phenomenon of fighting in a nest, even if there is a slight expansion to the periphery during the period, it is only the Qin State that conquers the Yiqu and the Rongdi of the fusion part. Zhao State opened the border to set up counties to seize territory from the nomadic Hu people to establish Yanmen County, Yan State continued to defeat some jungle races and added two counties, Chu State recovered part of the Baiyue barbarians and had subordinate tribes, as for Wei, Korea, and Qi State, they did not make any achievements at all.

"The world is big. Unbelievable......" Meng Tian was a little surprised, a little confused, a little excited, he finished watching the intelligence of the Han army: "There are at least forty or fifty alien races that have migrated eastward, and there are infinite countries in the west, some of which are even far more knowledgeable and technological creations than us?" ”

Sima Xin nodded: "Yes." I heard that one of the most powerful countries at present is called Parthia, but my king calls her rest. In addition to the Sabbatical States, there are many powerful countries in the Western Inland Sea (Mediterranean). Like one called Greece, one called Rome, one called Egypt and one called Carthage. ”

Nesteng asked a little sneeringly: "Isn't the Han army expanding south?" What powerful countries are over there? ”

Sima Xin seemed to be stunned for a moment, and shook his head: "The south is full of primeval jungles, so far we have only encountered and captured the Ouyu Kingdom, and the rest are some wild people wandering through the jungle," paused, and used a hesitant tone: "I heard that on the other side of the jungle, after crossing the vast mountains, you will encounter a country called the Peacock Country, which is larger than all our countries combined. ”

Peacock Country? In fact, it was the Mauryan Empire, a hegemonic power in Indochina created by Emperor Ashoka. This regional power had already collided with the Greek alliance and defeated Alexander the Great in the East.

"What ???" Meng Tian couldn't help but raise his voice: "The land area is larger than all of our countries combined?!" Looking at his expression, it seemed that he had heard something unbearable.

"We are already exploring the path to the Peacock Nation, but the progress is very slow and ...... Several groups of people disappeared as soon as they went deeper, and they had given up looking for them for the time being. Sima Xin hurriedly turned the topic around and said: "I heard that there will be a road to the Peacock Kingdom from the Western Regions straight south, and if you want to find the way, you need to defeat the Xiongnu and other Hu people first, and then enter the area named the Western Regions by the king." ”

The combined army of Han and Qin was about 500,000 troops, one was 320,000 stopped in Qinbei Prefecture, and the other was nearly 200,000 outside the Frontier Army. In addition to the regular army that could approach 500,000, the Han army also subdued a large number of Hu tribes outside the Saiwai, and after selection, it also organized nearly 60,000 servant troops, which really counted nearly 560,000 troops.

560,000 troops against the Xiongnu and other Hu people have actually occupied an absolute superiority in strength, the Han and Qin side is now just waiting for further news, to see how many ethnic groups the Xiongnu will gather to form how many numbers of arms, the Han and Qin coalition forces are also waiting for the logistics line to be unimpeded, and the war will start after accumulating a certain amount of materials.

"The reward of the scouts is that the number of people pouring into the source of the Yellow River has exceeded 150,000, and there are many more people who are moving eastward, and eventually the total strength of the Xiongnu may exceed 500,000, or even reach 600,000." What Li Liang said was already half a month ago.

The Han army got something wrong this time. Mao Dun gathered many ethnic groups to help, but not all the ethnic groups that flocked to the east joined the Xiongnu's coalition army, and most of the ethnic groups that continued to the east were just driven by fear to get away from the pursuers behind the buttocks.

"I'm thinking about a problem, in order to maintain the logistics supply of 500,000 troops, we have used huge manpower and material resources, even if we have the south as a continuous source of material extraction, we feel struggling......" Li You looked around everyone: "The Xiongnu went south to carry cattle and sheep and other livestock as military food, and the consumption in one or two years is estimated to be exhausted." Those aliens who migrated eastward fled all the way to production, and they may be able to plunder the natives on the way to replenish, but they do not have a stable rear to provide food and other material support, how can they have enough confidence to dare to entangle with the Xiongnu and fight with us? ”

No one could have guessed. Although the Han side got some information, they didn't really understand that the ethnic groups that moved eastward were simply a kind of struggle in desperation, in fact, the Han army didn't bother to understand, and some actions could also be seen that the Han army seemed to hope that the more ethnic groups that defected to the Xiongnu, the better.

The Han army hoped that the Xiongnu would get more ethnic groups to become coalition troops not out of a kind of arrogant psychology, Li You had just said in detail, whether it was the Xiongnu or those new alien races, they did not have a stable base behind them to provide supplies, so the larger the number of the Xiongnu coalition army, the greater the logistical pressure, and the more the number of people in the absence of logistical supplies, the better.

There were no pure fools in the Qin army. Under the fierce competition and fair system, fools can't climb to the position of high-ranking officials, Li You doesn't remind him, and he doesn't know that the Han army is deliberately waiting for the Xiongnu to gather more allies, and it is estimated that they are also waiting for those guys to collapse on their own due to the pressure of materials. So even if new reinforcements have been put into position, they will remain on standby.

At that moment, the expressions on the faces of Sima Xin and many Han army generals were flat, while the expressions of all Qin army generals, including Meng Tian, were full of bitterness.

Again, again, endlessly...... The Han army always tormented the opponent with superior logistics. That is the premise that most of the southern areas have been developed into granaries, and it is also the advantage of Nanjun's industrial development to a certain trend, and there are already Chu, Qi, Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Han under the comprehensive advantage of the Han army. Next, the Qin State could not escape this fate.

A new round of victims appeared, it was the Xiongnu who were targeted by the Han army, and those aliens who migrated eastward were probably also included in the list of purges and enslavements?

Meng Tian sensitively grasped a key point, the biggest enemy of the Han army at this stage is the Xiongnu, but the Han army will definitely move its eyes to the area further west with the fall of the Xiongnu.

Didn't you see that when the military boots hadn't stepped on it, Han Wangzhe had already named the land that didn't belong to him the Western Regions? So in the farther west, do those lands also have new names?

With mixed feelings, from Meng Tian to any ordinary Qin soldier, the 150,000 Qin soldiers stayed on the back side of the desert for about a month, during which they entered a mode of life of the Han army, that is, they had a wide range of tea drinking habits and enjoyed the rich supply of military supplies that the Qin army would never have.

"This is ice?"

"Ice is not important, what matters is a batch of fruits transported from the rear!"

It doesn't matter what ice is! It's almost the end of spring, except for some high-altitude peaks, and the other is the Tibetan ice in the palace, otherwise where is there still ice? Chilled fruits appeared on the transportation lines of the Han army, although they were only provided to some high-ranking generals, and even the high-ranking generals of the Qin army were also borrowed to enjoy them, but almost everyone was thinking about how the ice came from.

"It seems to be made of saltpeter and something?"

“……”

There is an absolute luxury in the logistical supply, and they will let it go after a little entanglement, and those who realize what have begun to restrain the troops.

Yes, even the chilled fruits were transported from the rear, indicating that the logistics and transportation capacity of the Han army had reached a certain peak.

Subsequently, a large number of vehicles pulled by horses continued to arrive, and the piles of materials were massive, which also confirmed that the transportation capacity of the Han side had been fully activated.

"There is a great ruler in the Han State, no wonder the Taiwei Office and the General's Mansion have changed candidates, and only Xiao He has been firmly sitting on the throne of governance."

"I'm more worried about the fact that the Han State is recruiting a large number of people from Qindi, and the news from the rear says that more than 300,000 people have applied for jobs in Qindi, which is even worse for our weak productivity."

The number of Qianshou under the jurisdiction of the Qin State is about 2.3 million, most of them are old and weak, women and children, and the young and strong population is almost requisitioned into the army, and a new supply line set up by the Han State is at the junction of Qin and Zhao, running around the water system of the Yellow River region, and a large number of people need to be used on some road sections, according to incomplete statistics, the total number of people who have been put into the operation of the logistics line has exceeded 2 million, most of them are from Zhao and Han, and some are from Qin.

The most important thing is that the Han attaches great importance to the safety and health of the hired people, and some dangerous projects are the use of prisoners of war or the capture of slaves from other races, so there is not much risk in hiring the Han people. It is conceivable that as time goes by, more Qin leaders will join the ranks hired by the Han State in the future, which is a terrible thing for the Qin State, which is desperate to restore its productivity.

"We can't resist ......" Nei Shiteng's face was full of bitterness: "We have lost too much popular support, and if we force a boycott, it will not only anger Han Wangzhe, but also turn the original resentment of Qianshou into hatred." ”

Meng Tian didn't listen to Nei Shi Teng's conversation with some people about politics, and when others were talking about the Han State's new step encroaching on the limited strength of the Qin State, Meng Tian was studying what kind of situation the imminent war would begin.

The logistics line has restored its capacity, and once the army with scarce materials must take action once the military needs are sufficient, after all, the materials consumed by the army outside are too huge, even if it is as rich as the Han Kingdom, it will definitely not be able to support it for a long time. But there is one thing that is confusing, now that the supplies have been properly stocked, there seems to be no sign of action on the part of the Han army?

"What are the Han Army waiting for?" Meng Tian's eyes staring at the map of mountains and rivers were not focused, and he frowned deeply and felt a little puzzled. (To be continued......)